Mishawaka Black History

Mishawaka

Mishawaka, Indiana · topic

Mishawaka Black History

Black history in Mishawaka and the Underground Railroad years.

Black History

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The Powells: the family at the center, 1868–1931
Medora Powell and the class of 1887: the anchor
The counts: 107 in 1970, and the growth the modern censuses show
No Black congregation of its own: the searched record
Covenants, red lines, and the public-housing record
Schooling: the common school from 1868, and the fight that is not in this record
Work: the barbershop, and the plants' silence
The Klan era on Mishawaka ground: a searched negative
The sundown question: tested, and not confirmed either way
Civic firsts and organizations: the record reached
July 4, 2020: the Main Street bridge protest
The county frame: the Huggart Settlement is not Mishawaka's
Negatives and gaps: what this record does not contain, and what would settle it
The law over their heads: the 1831 bond law, Article XIII, and the 1851 referendum
The county register that does not survive
Counted before the Powells: the antebellum community in the censuses, 1840–1860
Colonization: the state's Liberia machinery, and this county's answer
The abolitionist presence, at counted size
The traffic, at evidence strength
Every station claim, tested one by one
The price of the rescue: the penalty suits, boundary-printed

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Source: Mishawaka Black History, Moosed History by Project Moosed, https://history.projectmoosed.com/usa/midwest/indiana/mishawaka/topics/black-history/

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  note         = {Moosed History. Last updated 2026-11-12. Accessed 2026-11-12},
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